Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference
by Donald K. Burleson 


Unconfirmed error reports are from readers. They have not yet been approved 
or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the opinion of 
the reader.

If you have error reports or technical questions, you can send them to
booktech@oreilly.com. (Please specify the printing date of your copy.)


This page was last updated on December 18, 2003.


Here's a key to the markup:

        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language or formatting problem
        (page-number): minor formatting problem, or language change
        ?page-number?: question or request for clarification


UNCONFIRMED errors and comments:



[98]  Lsast code block;
The last code block contains the following statement:

if [ $oracle_num -gt 0 ]
  then
  exit 0
fi

This is not correct, because if $oracle_num is greater than
zero, if the database CANNOT be reached ("error" was detetected
in output). The mail should only be send
in the case of an error ( $oracle_num > 0 ).

The statement should read:

if [ $oracle_num -eq 0 ]
  then
  exit 0
fi